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Sacred Tibetan Pilgrimage Trek to the Kingdom of Mustang in Nepal

Added March 6th, 2016 to Events, Resources, Shamanic Practice, Training, Uncategorized
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                August 22nd – September 8th  2016   It has been said that the ancient ones conserved power in holy places for the good of humanity. Time on our planet is speeding up and change in the nature of our world is occurring. The

Two Places at the Same Time

Added October 26th, 2015 to Artwork, Energetic Connection, Training
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Next week will be one year since I survived a near fatal accident when the car I was a passenger in, slammed into the back of a semi on an interstate freeway. In addition to other  bodily injuries as the result of the impact, a 5 gallon bottle of apple

Elephant Spirit

Added January 25th, 2015 to Artwork
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About a month ago, I was on the mend from a serious car accident – and a month away from a gallery opening showing new work that I had not begun to create.  I began to gear up to create this new body of art work, hobbling around on a walker

Experience as a Layered Reality: Reality as a Layered Experience

Added December 22nd, 2014 to Psychoanalytic Shamanic Practice
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For some time, in my work with my analysands, I have been exploring time as being a stacked,  multi-layered experience. I have considered non-sequential time as a way of moving between psychic states associated with subjective and objective reality. Our past, dreams, fantasies, and non-ordinary energetic experience create layers of meaning that influence our conscious experience at

The Necessity for the Capacity to Process Psychologically in Shamanism (i.e. Where is the Shadow)?

Added December 13th, 2014 to Shamanic Practice
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Spiritual evolution and psychological development is a process involving both the body and the mind. As many of us who begin to follow a shamanic path in our culture are aware, there is a societal “pull” to focus on growing a persona (or ways of showing up in the world), with an emphasis on cognitive development

VISION OF “NUNA PACHA” (ANDEAN SPITIYUAL COSMOLOGY) BY RODOLFO TTITO CONDORI

Added September 16th, 2014 to Training, Uncategorized
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Commentary on Andean Sacred Teachings and Practices in Capital Reef, Utah and Denver, Colorado, November 2014 The “NUNA PACHA” or the Andean spiritual cosmology is sacred and is present in the memory of the times and spaces, its concept, its action and use is as old as man himself in Andean territories … “Nuna

Dealing with Hoocha: The Shadow that Emerges Along the Spiritual Path

Added September 6th, 2014 to Shamanic Practice
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If someone had asked me years ago, I would have said that I didn’t believe in evil. If the idea that we attract whatever we focus on is true, then acknowledging that evil exists would in fact create it. Although I agree in the law of affinity – like attracts

Sacred Incan Emersion Retreat in Utah with Adolfo & Rodolfo

Added July 24th, 2014 to Shamanic Practice, Training, Uncategorized
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Sacred Ceremonial Emersion Retreat in Capitol Reef,Utah with Andean Altomesayoq Adolfo Tito Condori, Rodolfo Tito Condori, and Deborah Bryon (November 8th – 11th and November 13th – 16th) Part I and Part II four-day immersion retreats practicing traditional Incan ritual and ceremony in the ancient energetic power sites of the Anasazi. (Classes are designed to

K’intu Offerings and Haimutay

Added July 17th, 2014 to Shamanic Practice
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A k’intu is a grouping of three coca leaves together, with stems pointing down and leaves facing up, with the smallest leaf on top. The three leaves together represent the three worlds, the lower world of Uhu Pacha, middle world of Kay Pacha, and upper world of Hanaq Pacha. The

Jungian Psychology and Andean Medicine: Coming Full Circle

Added July 11th, 2014 to Shamanic Practice, Therapy practice, Uncategorized
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Awhile back, I began writing about integrating Jungian Depth Psychology with traditional Andean medicine[1] through the lens of a Jungian analyst and shaman (Andean medicine people use the term paqo which I will also use in this article). I wanted to find a way to unify these two different but